created jupyter notebook for initial/quick start #633

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Added Jupyter Notebook for Thermocycler Documentation (#633 )

Summary

This PR adds a new Jupyter notebook (thermocycler_demo.ipynb) under docs/user_guide/ to serve as:

• A quickstart guide for initializing and using the thermocycler
• A demonstration of core functionalities, including:
  • Lid and block temperature control
  • PCR profile execution
  • Temperature/status queries

Location

• docs/user_guide/thermocycler_demo.ipynb

Notes

• Uses SimulatedThermocyclerBackend for demo purposes
• Follows structure used by other machine documentation

Related Issue

Closes #633

[rickwierenga]

Thanks for the PR.

SimulatedThermocyclerBackend is not something that exists in PLR. You might be looking for ThermocyclerChatterboxBackend. Please run your code before contributing to ensure it works.

In notebooks, you don't need asyncio.run to run async methods, you can just run await top level directly. I prefer having all code top level (not in functions) so it's easy to copy paste.

Lastly, I like to group cells by functionality so people can easily copy paste snippets. For example, querying different status commands and opening the lid could be separate cells to make the UX slightly better.

Could you please make these changes? Then I will merge the PR.

[SHISKEBAB]

Sure

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